# No  Subject

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-subject/198796>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [August 31, 2003, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-subject/198796 "2003-08-31T11:50:26Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![vl\_mungo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/bc8723/32.png) [@vl\_mungo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vl_mungo)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2003, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-subject/198796/1 "2003-08-31T11:50:26Z")

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Null  
Zero  
Nothing  
Nada  
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Pauly Shore

Please fill this void with useful information, such as…  
“Earlier than 1388, references are vague but quoits was designated as illegal in the Sporting Regulations act of that year.”

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**Author:** ![Why\_A\_Duck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/13edae/32.png) [@Why\_A\_Duck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Why_A_Duck)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2003, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-subject/198796/2 "2003-08-31T12:17:20Z")

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No reply

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**Author:** ![Eonwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eonwe/32/240_2.png) [@Eonwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eonwe)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2003, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-subject/198796/3 "2003-08-31T12:49:40Z")

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I think that was the most avant-garde thread title we’ve had in a while.

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**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2003, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-subject/198796/4 "2003-08-31T12:52:59Z")

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Very postmodern.

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**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2003, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-subject/198796/5 "2003-08-31T12:53:40Z")

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Don’t they say, nature abhors a vacuum?

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**Author:** ![Why\_A\_Duck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/13edae/32.png) [@Why\_A\_Duck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Why_A_Duck)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2003, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-subject/198796/6 "2003-08-31T12:54:23Z")

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> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by Ice Wolf \*  
> \*\*Don’t they say, nature abhors a vacuum? \*\*

No no. That’s my dog.

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**Author:** ![Tusculan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecd19e/32.png) [@Tusculan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tusculan)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2003, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-subject/198796/7 "2003-08-31T13:07:48Z")

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‘Nature’? Hmmm, strange name for a dog.

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**Author:** ![Why\_A\_Duck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/13edae/32.png) [@Why\_A\_Duck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Why_A_Duck)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2003, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-subject/198796/8 "2003-08-31T13:08:46Z")

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I originally named him sh\*thead, but people said that was derivative.

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**Author:** ![Eonwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eonwe/32/240_2.png) [@Eonwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eonwe)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2003, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-subject/198796/9 "2003-08-31T13:19:09Z")

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True, but a dog’s name is integral to his personality, you should have kept the name.

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**Author:** ![mrsam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5ac83/32.png) [@mrsam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mrsam)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2003, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-subject/198796/10 "2003-08-31T13:25:07Z")

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Are you sure about that, or are you perhaps a little indefinite?

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**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2003, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-subject/198796/11 "2003-08-31T13:33:56Z")

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The opposite of love is not hate, it’s appathy.

I’ve been trying to find an argument where that would have been a good quote, but I came up snake eyes. I am glad I finally got to type it out somewhere though.

Thanks.

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**Author:** ![Eonwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eonwe/32/240_2.png) [@Eonwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eonwe)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2003, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-subject/198796/12 "2003-08-31T14:59:43Z")

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**mrsam** , it’s true that I’m not so confident that I’d emblazon the statement on an article of clothing.

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**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2003, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-subject/198796/13 "2003-08-31T17:07:11Z")

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You want some useful information? Well, it’s lots easier to do an eye-splice in braid-on-braid line if you have a fid, but if you have new stranded line, you can splice that with no special tools, althought a marlinspike is helpful.

Yeah, I’m doing boat chores today. 😃

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**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2003, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-subject/198796/14 "2003-08-31T17:28:44Z")

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> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by twickster \*  
> \*\*Very postmodern. \*\*

Don’t you mean “postmortem”?

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**Author:** ![fizzygoodmakefeelnice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8491ac/32.png) [@fizzygoodmakefeelnice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fizzygoodmakefeelnice)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2003, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-subject/198796/15 "2003-08-31T19:13:33Z")

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My pjamas are too small.

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**Author:** ![Plankspanker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Plankspanker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Plankspanker)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2003, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-subject/198796/16 "2003-08-31T19:17:16Z")

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‘My cat’s breath smells of cat-food’

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**Author:** ![gluteus\_maximus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f17d59/32.png) [@gluteus\_maximus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gluteus_maximus)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2003, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-subject/198796/17 "2003-08-31T19:46:49Z")

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Atmospheric conditions in Outer Space often interfere with transmitting.

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**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2003, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-subject/198796/18 "2003-08-31T20:04:27Z")

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there is no spoon

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**Author:** ![fizzygoodmakefeelnice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8491ac/32.png) [@fizzygoodmakefeelnice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fizzygoodmakefeelnice)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2003, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-subject/198796/19 "2003-08-31T20:24:07Z")

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there is no life in the void.

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**Author:** ![aaaaaarrgg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@aaaaaarrgg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aaaaaarrgg)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2003, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-subject/198796/20 "2003-08-31T22:27:59Z")

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my friend once told me my hair smelled like england.

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